By Qiang Zha. University rankings have proliferated at all levels, global, regional and national. Various rankings consider various combinations of measures of research excellence, specialization expertise, student admissions and options, award numbers, internationalization, graduate employment, industrial linkage, funding and endowment, historical reputation and other criteria. Among these criteria, research often stands out. Read more...
04 décembre 2016
University Rankings in Perspective
Erasmus Could Have Stopped Brexit
By Uwe Brandenburg. In the Erasmus Impact Study, 88% of the UK (!) Erasmus people feel very European and 84% have a positive attitude towards Europe compared to 62% of the non-mobile UK students. Read more...
Take a Skeptic to School
By John Warner. I’ve never recognized this critique of higher education as remotely reflective of reality, at least as I’ve experienced it. I’ve never felt particularly elitist. I’ve never been paid more than $35K a year for teaching college. I currently make about $11/hour adjuncting one class. I’ve never had a title, I wasn’t selected for a tenure track position by my own colleagues, and sometimes when I enter a room, my dog leaves. Read more...
Here Comes the Discounting Death Spiral
By John Warner. A proposition: The vast majority of non-elite public higher education institutions are at peak revenue, meaning, relative to inflation, they will never again have more total revenue from which to work than they do at this very moment. Read more...
Essays That Feed the Soul
Irina Eremia Bragin describes why and how she encourages student to write essays that entertain, engage and elevate. Read more...
Activism and Professionalism in the Workplace
By Stephanie K. Eberle. How and when you express yourself and your beliefs in the workplace is as personal as the beliefs themselves, writes Stephanie K. Eberle, and you should be intentional about it. Read more...
This Election Was Different
By Judith S. White. And given that, Judith S. White asks, can our work as senior leaders in higher education be the same. Read more...
A Modest Proposal for Modest Proposals
By Heather Dubrow. Students should be encouraged to think in terms of hypotheses rather than theses, and research questions or problems rather than their putative solutions when it comes to dissertation proposals, argues Heather Dubrow. Read more...
Tips for Writing Recommendation Letters
By Manya Whitaker. Faculty members often seem to lack insight into how to write strong letters on their students’ behalf, writes Manya Whitaker, who offers 10 guidelines for improvement. Read more...
Obtaining Outstanding Recommendations
Shannon Craigo-Snell suggests ways that scholars, especially marginalized ones, can solicit strong letters of recommendation. Read more...
